While the legal authorities governing military and intelligence activities continue to blur in this era of irregular and asymmetric warfare, there is no pressing need to create a new statute to address that crossover, a top Defense Department official said today. With both communities becoming increasingly intertwined in ongoing counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations, the focus should be on balancing the "suite" of existing authorities, instead of implementing new ones, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent...
